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The NFL uses strength of schedule as a secondary tie-breaker for divisional rankings and playoff qualification, and as a primary tie-breaker for the NFL Draft. While the NFL has 32 teams, each team plays only 17 games against 14 other teams. [ 5 ]
Rams defeat Jets (Week 16) AND Seahawks (Week 18) BUT lose to 49ers (Week 15) and Cardinals (Week 17), as given above AND Seahawks only win one game in Weeks 15-17 (vs. Packers, Vikings and Bears ...
The final week of the NFL regular season is here. ... The Buccaneers hold the lead now at 9-7 to the Falcons at 8-8 but Atlanta holds the tiebreaker over them due to head-to-head wins. Tampa Bay ...
Here's the NFL playoff picture after Week 16. ... Win while clinching strength of victory tiebreaker over Seattle. Tie + Seattle loss. Denver clinches playoff berth with: Win or tie.
To remain on schedule, a tie-breaker system was introduced. The first round determined the conference's champion and its representative in the NFL Championship Game, played the following week. [22] During the three years (1967–69) that this playoff structure was in effect, there was one use of the tie-breaker system.
In 2017, the NFL shortened overtime from 15 minutes to 10 minutes for regular season games with the intent of reducing the risk of injury. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Through Week 18 of the 2024 season, a total of 115 regular season games went to overtime under these rules, 7 ( 6.3%) of which ended in a tie.
A Week 7 loss at Indianapolis keeps Fins behind the Colts. Remaining schedule : at Texans, vs. 49ers, at Browns, at Jets NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 15
One-game playoffs were used in Major League Baseball (MLB) through the 2021 season. When two or more MLB teams were tied for a division championship or the wild card playoff berth (1995–2011, or starting in 2012, the second only) at the end of the regular season, a one-game playoff was used to determine the winner.